Simulations can add value across the lifecycle of a manufacturing or production process—from the upfront design work for the capital project portion of the lifecycle to the ongoing operations and maintenance. In a Processing magazine article, Using Life Cycle Dynamic...
The Emerson acquisition of General Electric's Intelligent Platform business closed on February 1, 2019. Emerson's Rich Carpenter recorded a podcast with IoT Time's Ken Briodagh the prior summer while serving as the General Manager of this business. In the IoT...
Emerson's Jason King shares an update on advanced condition monitoring in the Ovation distributed control system at last week's 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. This integrated machinery protection and condition monitoring module built directly into the Ovation...
Rick Kephart rounds out the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference with a look into the future around architectures and algorithms. Rick opened with a discussion of Ovation Droplets. It is a lightweight controller that's part of the 3.7 release. Any Compact Controller...
Emerson's Matt Musko shared the basics and installation best practices for generator excitation controls at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Matt opened describing the fundamentals of generator excitation. Three things are necessary to generate electricity:...
Emerson's Alvin Faustino and Azime Can-Cimino discussed plant prognostics with the Ovation Intelligence Framework at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. Here's a visual of the framework: Azime opened explaining that prognostic maintenance requires starting with...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Emerson's Sam Onuska and Greg Lieb provided an update on turbine overspeed protection in Ovation distributed control systems. Sam opened discussing the purpose of turbine overspeed protection. It's required for personnel...
Emerson's Laurence O'Toole and Felipe Londono were joined by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS)'s Michael Glover to present on gas turbine control enhancements at the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference. MHPS and Emerson formed an alliance in 2008 to provide...
As renewable energy supplied to electrical grids continues to grow, the need for more scalable options to control these additional sources of energy. In a 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference presentation on the Ovation Compact Controller (OCC), Emerson's Tom Snowdon...
Since the early days of distributed control systems, much work has been done to improve alarm management and prevent alarms from flooding operators to prevent them from properly diagnosing and correcting abnormal situations. The ANSI/ISA 18.2 alarm management standard...
At the 2019 Ovation Users' Group conference, Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee provided an update on the cyber threats facing manufacturers and producers. Emerson and Dragos yesterday announced an agreement, Emerson Selects Dragos to Collaborate on Cybersecurity Protection for...
Some key ways simulation technology is used by manufacturers and producers for training, optimizing operating procedures and engineering to evaluate ways to improve overall performance. In a 2019 Ovation Users' Group Conference presentation, Ovation Digital Twin...
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